marry a ghost

Wei Shi took Wei Xin back to Weizhuang in a complicated mood.

On the way to send Wei Xin home, he wanted to ask Wei Xin what was going on several times, but it was not like he hadn't asked before, and Wei Xin didn't answer him, so this time, Wei Shi didn't bother to ask him again. I asked, let it be whatever it is, let it be whatever you can, anyway, as long as Wei Xin is doing well, there is no need to delve into it.

Besides, he was very skeptical. In fact, Wei Xin didn't know what was going on with him.

Otherwise, why every time Wei Shi asked him where he went in the middle of the night, where he was in the past few years when he disappeared, what happened to his body, and what he knew, he used a calm and unwavering expression. His eyes met his... Shit, did he think that with such a deep look, he couldn't see his fart and didn't know?Wei Shi murmured in his heart.

Wei Shi went back to the clinic on his own.

Before her butt was hot, Aunt Lian came to her, her fat white face abruptly made an expression of "you understand, I understand, everyone understands", and said to Wei Shi with a smile, "Ah Shi, this Aunt Hui’s introduction is not bad, the woman has a good impression of you, you can’t pick and choose, if you miss this one, you won’t have such good luck next time, I heard that you are still a high school classmate , I said this is fate..."

Wei Shi had a wry smile on his face, and his brain exploded, "Auntie, I..."

Aunt Lian bluffed, "You, what are you, what do you want to say to Auntie?"

Wei Shi rubbed his chin helplessly, "Hey, auntie, it's not that I don't want to find someone, I have a pretty good impression of Liu Ran, the problem is that I can't find someone..."

Aunt Lian looked at him strangely, "What can't I find?"

This time Wei Shi figured it out, otherwise he would always be thinking about lifelong events, and would be nagged from time to time. A blind date would not only waste his own time, but also waste the time of the woman and the enthusiastic aunts. After making up his mind, Wei Shi slowly revealed an indescribable, embarrassed and sad expression, "Aunt Lian, I'm actually sick and can't bear children. Knowing that I have this disease, I never thought about getting married, and getting married is also harmful..."

Aunt Lian looked choked, "No, no symptoms? Can't have a baby?"

Wei Shi nodded with a "painful" face, his expression was so miserable that the warm-hearted Aunt Lian immediately comforted him, "Hey, hey, if you talk about it earlier, I won't introduce it to you, isn't it? Does it make you uncomfortable?"

Wei Shi lowered his voice, "How easy is it to tell people about this disease? If it weren't for Aunt Lian, I wouldn't have said it. I feel sorry to see you worrying about me."

Aunt Lian patted his shoulder vigorously, "Hey, you child." She hesitated for a moment, "The disease you mentioned can't be cured?"

Wei Shi silently shook his head.

Aunt Lian said "Oh", and didn't mention the matter of introducing the partner again, and hurriedly comforted Wei Shi a few more words.

Wei Shi nodded while listening.

When Aunt Lian finally left, Wei Shi was relieved.

This time I lost a lot of money. In order to live a clean life and to appease Wei Xin, I even made up such a shameful thing. Maybe someone else thinks that infertility is inhumane. Thinking about facing other people's weirdness in the future With another sympathetic look, Wei Shi's face twitched again.

In a blink of an eye, two days passed, and it was New Year's Eve.

Generally speaking, every New Year's Eve or the first day of the Lunar New Year is a reunion day for every family to worship their ancestors. It is the most important festival and ceremony of the year, but Weizhuang is different. The most important day of the year is the ancestor worship on the fourteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, and the second most important day is the sacrifice to the gods on the night of the New Year's Eve.

The ancestor worship on the [-]th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is something that everyone in Weizhuang must participate in. Even the Wei family members who have gone to other places must try their best to get back. Why do they worship the ancestors on this day, probably because of the fourteenth day of July? It's Ghost Festival, the gate of ghosts is opened, and the ancestors of the Wei family can also return to the mortal world through the gate of ghosts, and enjoy the incense of the younger generations.

But the sacrifice to the gods on the night of the New Year's Eve is a kind of activity similar to praying for blessings.Although it is also led by the elders of Wei Zhuang, everyone in Wei Zhuang is not required to participate. The elders will directly select some Wei family members to participate. As for those who are not selected, they will go home and live their own Year.

The venue for ancestor worship on the fourteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is in a cave behind Wei Qiye's house.

The sacrifice to the gods on the night of New Year's Eve was in a cave at the cemetery on the back mountain of Weizhuang.

Wei Shichang is so old, he has participated in the ancestor worship many times, but he has never participated in the god sacrifice.

But this year's sacrifice to the gods, Mr. Wei sent someone over to ask him to participate.

Not long ago, Wei Qiye died, and he has no descendants. Wei Qiye's branch is considered to be extinct. The position of head of the Wei family has been occupied by Wei Qiye's branch for generations. It's broken, so the elders of the Wei family plan to adopt an heir to Wei Qiye's branch. The matter of worshiping the ancestors was done by the most prestigious and senior Mr. Wei.

It was Wei Shi's first time to participate in the sacrifice to the gods, and he was a little nervous.

Every year on the [-]th day of July in Wei Zhuang, if outsiders see the ancestor worship, they will be scared to death. They will be very gloomy, but they will shock their minds. It only takes a few hours. It took three days to lie down before I could stand up.I don't know what Wei Zhuang's sacrifice to the gods is like.It's not that Wei Shi didn't ask the people who participated in the sacrifice, but they all kept silent, no matter how they asked, they refused to say anything.

Until the evening, Wei Shi checked his watch, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

He flashlighted and walked towards the back mountain unhurriedly. The person from Weizhuang who came to inform him said that the time was eleven o'clock, as long as he arrived at the entrance of the cave before eleven o'clock. It didn't take an hour to walk to the Houshan Cemetery. There was plenty of time, so he could take his time.

However, Wei Shi, who originally planned to take his time, walked faster and faster.

it's too cold!What a wind on the mountain!The wind is also very cold!Wei Shi felt that cold air was blowing out from the crevices of his bones. The thick down jacket he was wearing on his body did not play a role in keeping out the wind and warmth. His hands were almost frozen, and his toes still felt a little painful at first. I don't feel any more.

Wei Shi clutched his nose, which was sore from the cold wind, and the white air exhaled from his mouth was particularly vivid at night. On the side of the winding road, there was a faint light of silver-white cold frost. He walked forward step by step, stepping on There are dead branches and fallen leaves, as well as frost, and there are slight clicking, rustling, and rustling sounds that keep coming.

It seems that there are many people whispering in the ear.

Wei Shi lifted the collar of the down jacket up again, buried half of his face in the collar, secretly regretting that he didn't wear the scarf when he went out, and walked for a long time, which seemed to take twice as long as usual. Only then did they finally reach the entrance of the cave in the cemetery.

Wei Shi panted heavily, raised his hand, and looked at his watch with the dim light of the flashlight. Just now he felt that the doubled time was actually an illusion. He used less time than usual, and it was only 10:[-]. In other words, he had to wait at the entrance of the cave in this cemetery for an hour and two and [-] minutes.

The habit of setting aside ample time to do things really doesn't hurt.

Looking at the large and small graves in the cemetery, the silent tombstones, and the dark cave, Wei Shi felt like dying. It was really cold tonight, and Wei Shi felt a little bit hurt after standing there for a while. No more, he had to walk up and down.

The green will-o'-the-wisps in the cemetery floated erratically.

Wei Shi stomped his feet, some mud splashed under his feet, and there was an unpleasant creaking sound, and a rancid smell rushed into his nose. Wei Shi covered his nose and jumped aside.

It was almost eleven o'clock and still no one came.

Wei Shi waited more and more anxiously, and looked at his watch once every two minutes. The more he looked, the slower the time passed. However, in such an eerie place, he didn't faint from fright, but was just in a bad mood. It is already quite strong psychologically.

There was nothing left and right, so Wei Shi began to observe the surroundings.

Apart from graves, tombstones, ghost fires, mountains, and trees, there is nothing else. Although the place is very dark, there are no lonely ghosts lingering around. Wei Shi already knew that there were no ghosts around Weizhuang. Yes, he took the flashlight and walked to Dad Wei's grave, reached into the bag he was carrying, touched the dead jade wrapped in yellow talisman paper, and said in a low voice, "Dad, I will let you Free. Just wait, it won't be long."

The tomb was dead silent, only the rustling of insects.

Wei Shi stood for a while before he heard a few footsteps coming from far and near.

It should be the people who worshiped the ancestors.

He turned around and was surprised to find that the number of people who came was unexpectedly small. There were only five people in total, including four old people and a young man. The heir of the master's branch is also the new head of the Wei family. Among the four old people, the leader is Mr. Wei, and the other three are also the most prestigious and senior among the only remaining old people in Weizhuang.

How many people worship ancestors?

Mr. Wei led the people to the entrance of the cave, glanced at Wei Shi, "Go in."

Wei Shi stroked his chin and followed him in.

Wei Shi went into a cave with Wei Ning a while ago. This cave is too dark, too deep, too quiet, and too dark, so just standing at the entrance of the cave makes people sweat from hair to toes. The cold air hissed out.

The six of them walked in the cave for more than ten minutes.

The quiet cave with no sound, only the sound of chaotic footsteps, looks more and more deep and treacherous. Wei Shi used a flashlight, but Mr. Wei and the others were each holding a white paper lantern. The cave was getting weaker and weaker, and after a while, it was useless. Wei Shi flicked the flashlight, but there was still no response, so he had to put the flashlight away.

But those five white paper lanterns, in this darkness, emitted a hazy white light, swaying and flickering, as if breaking through the surrounding darkness, but they seemed to be indistinguishable from the surrounding darkness.Very weird.

Suddenly, Wei Shi heard the sound of gurgling water.

He moved when he heard the sound, and as soon as he was about to speak, old man Wei raised his hand, pointed in that direction, and made a gesture of silence. Keep your head down and keep going.

Keep walking, keep walking, the statement of running water is clearly close to my ears, as if I can see a small river flowing by when I turn a corner, but I walk and walk, but I still can't find the river that makes the sound of running water, my feet are a little numb, Wei At that time, I didn't know how deep the cave had gone. I only knew that there were so many turns and turns, and there was no mark left. It's better not to get lost in the cave.

Wei Shi looked at the four old men headed by Mr. Wei and admired their physical strength.

At this time, Mr. Wei's footsteps suddenly slowed down.

At the end of this passage, there is a five-meter-high cave entrance. When you walk into the cave, you will see a faint light. Wei Shi knew that this is a kind of luminous moss unique to caves. Wei Shi squinted his eyes. , I saw a familiar high platform not far away, about three meters high, on both sides of the stone platform are neat stone steps about half a meter wide, on the stone platform there is a stone bed, next to the stone bed are nine stone pillars, stone pillars There are still traces of fire on the ground, and the stone platform is extended from a stone wall, and there is a stream of groundwater emerging from that stone wall, flowing into the water tank hewn by the stone platform.

Wei Shi was surprised to find that the stone platform was the one in the cave he found when he and Wei Ning went into the cave last time, even the traces of the fire were exactly the same, but—— Wei Shi turned his head and glanced at the spacious cave , a river flowed out from nowhere, crossed the cave, and went to nowhere, and the groundwater on the stone platform was also attracted by the water tank and flowed into the river-when he came back, there was no water. In this river, the groundwater on the stone platform did not flow into the river.

For a moment, Wei Shi was also a little confused, wondering if the stone platform in front of him was the one he had seen before.

Besides, when he and Wei Ning entered the cave last time, they only walked for more than ten minutes before seeing this stone platform, but this time, they probably walked for an hour, so the time was not right.

Compared with the scene I saw next, the confusion just now was insignificant.

That river exuded a heavy chill, and the river was silent, like a huge black dead jade, as if it was not flowing at all. However, Wei Shi knew that the river was moving, flowing non-stop, and the surface of the river was Calm without waves, the river is full of stormy waves.

Suddenly, the river moved.

The black river water made small waves, washing the stones on the bank, rushing, and countless white foams appeared.

Wei Shi felt as if his heart was being washed by the river.

thump - thump - thump -

His heart seemed to be about to jump out of his chest, and it seemed to be clenched by one hand. His chest felt tight and painful, faintly. Wei Shi knew that something was going to happen. He looked at the river with extreme nervousness. something is coming out.

With the sound of splashing, the river was pushed to the bank by the fine waves.

A person came out of the river dripping wet.

Wei Shi's eyes couldn't be opened any wider. That's Wei Xin. Although his appearance has changed a bit, he seems to have grown a few years older in a few days. He has changed from a boyish appearance to a handsome young man in his early twenties , that face that was a bit indisputable when he was a teenager, now has the edges and corners of a man. However, although this face is full of masculinity, the outline is still exquisite, it seems to have grown a little taller, and the muscles on the body are also molded. Looks good.

Such Wei Xin is attractive.

He changed from a drop of dew in the grass in the morning to frost on the trees. He walked slowly, and the black water dripped down from his body. His face was expressionless, as usual He was equally silent and stiff, but Wei Shi felt that he had changed from the frost that condensed on the trees to a secluded pool surrounded by dense and tall trees in the deep mountains.

I don't know whether it is the cold frost that makes people daunting, or the quiet deep pool that makes people stay away.In short, this kind of Wei Xin is strange, but not completely strange, just like the year when Wei Xin disappeared and came back, when the two brothers met again after so many years, they felt similar, but more so than that. Stranger than familiar feels better.

Wei Shi felt that he was also a little confused.

But he didn't call Wei Xin to stop, he stood silently aside, quietly waiting for the development of the situation.

It was definitely not without reason that the ancestor worship tonight called him up.

And that reason, nine out of ten, fell on Wei Xin.

Wei Xin walked over slowly, stepped on the stone steps, walked up the stone platform, and lay down on the stone bed.

At this time, Mr. Wei walked up to Wei Shi, "Ah Shi, do you still remember what the Wei family's 'witch' should do in the books I gave you? Go, go to the stone platform, and do what you should do." Our Wei family has waited for more than 300 years to finally see this day.”

The old man Wei's vicissitudes and weakened voice echoed in the empty stone cave.

Wei Shi's mind was bewitched.

He walked towards the stone platform step by step, as if he was born knowing what he was going to do and what he could do. It was something inherited from the blood, and the blood flowed quickly in the blood vessels, as if opened Like the boiling water in the pot, Wei Shi's eyes were covered with white flowers and black, and he couldn't see clearly.

Therefore, Wei Shi stopped.

With his eyes closed, he felt that the surrounding Yin Qi was so thick that water could drip out, and the Yin Qi was mixed with a vicious evil spirit. He became alert in his heart, and he understood that the river flowed from the deepest place underground. When he came out, he opened his eyes, and he could see everything around him clearly.

Countless white shadows screamed and pierced through the empty stone cave. They fell into the river from time to time and were swallowed by the black river water. They exuded a strong evil spirit, some of which were brought up from the ground , part of it was born from these white shadows, and what he wanted to do was very simple, that is, to turn Wei Xin who was lying on the stone bed into an existence that was neither human nor ghost nor corpse, neither in the Three Realms nor in the Five Elements.

This is the last step.

A step that only he can complete.

Wei Shi's hands trembled, his lips trembled, he turned around, looked at Mr. Wei under the stone platform, and said slowly, "I need an explanation, why do you want to do this..." His words contained a hint of There was a deep murderous aura, as if he would not hesitate to kill someone today if he didn't give an explanation, that kind of ruthless tone told the people under the stone stage that he was not joking, he was serious.

Mr. Wei didn't seem surprised by Wei Shi's reaction at all. He exchanged glances with the three elders of the Wei family next to him, "Even if you don't ask, we will tell you everything and let you decide what to do. How to do it, but it’s a long story and it will take a while.”

Holding a copper dagger in his hand, Wei Shi said expressionlessly, "There is plenty of time."

Mr. Wei nodded, "Yes, at least there is still time tonight, so you should come down from the top first."

Wei Shi walked down from the stone platform without thinking.